First report of <i><scp>S</scp>tegomyia aegypti</i> (= <i><scp>A</scp>edes aegypti</i>) in <scp>M</scp>exico <scp>C</scp>ity, <scp>M</scp>exico

Kuri‐Morales, Pablo; Correa-Morales, Fabián; González-Acosta, Cassandra; Sánchez-Tejeda, Gustavo; Dávalos-Becerril, Eduardo; Juárez-Franco, Marissa; Díaz-Quiñonez, José Alberto; Huerta, Herón; Moreno‐García, Miguel; González-Roldán, Jesús Felipe

doi:10.1111/mve.12225

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“…Both sites are places that experience massive local and non-local human transit. We presume that an accidental introduction of eggs, larvae, pupae, and/or adults into the region occurred by human transit [4]. However, the 2016–2017 collections were recorded at public parks, museums, residential areas and cemeteries, indicating the possible presence of transitory colonies.…”

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“…Is a destination and point of departure of most international flights, including those which use the city as a stopover from Central and South America, the US and Europe. It is the most urbanized and populous city of the country (8,985,339 people) with a relative small area (1485.5 km 2 ) [4]. The city is located at the Basin of Mexico (Fig 1), in an elevated valley at an altitude of about 2,240 m [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, a recent survey detected the intermittent presence of Ae . aegpyti larvae in the city [4]. Furthermore, previous surveys [4,6–10] had reported the presence of other competent arbovirus vectors including Culex , Culiseta and Ochlerotatus species, indicating that vector surveillance and control programs should adopt a routine monitoring and surveillance scheme in the city.…”

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Urban and semi-urban mosquitoes of Mexico City: A risk for endemic mosquito-borne disease transmission

Dávalos-Becerril¹,

Correa-Morales²,

González-Acosta³

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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Since past century, vector-borne diseases have been a major public health concern in several states of Mexico. However, Mexico City continues to be free of endemic mosquito-borne viral diseases. The city is the most important politic and economic state of Mexico and one of the most important city of Latin America. Its subtropical highland climate and high elevation (2240 masl) had historically made the occurrence of Aedes species unlikely. However, the presence of other potential disease vectors ( Culex spp, Culiseta spp), and the current intermittent introductions of Aedes aegypti , have revealed that control programs must adopt routine vector surveillance in the city. In this study, we provide an updated species list from a five-years of vector surveillance performed in Mexico City. A total of 18,553 mosquito larvae were collected. Twenty-two species from genus Culex , Aedes , Culiseta , Anopheles , Lutzia and Uranotaenia were observed. Nine new mosquito records for the city were found. Ae . albopictus was recorded for the first time in Mexico City. Interestingly, a new record, Ae . epactius was the most frequent species reported. C x . pipiens quinquefasciatus exhibited the highest number of individuals collected. We detected six areas which harbor the highest mosquito species records in the city. Cemeteries included 68.9% of our collection sites. Temporarily ponds showed the highest species diversity. We detected an increasing presence of Ae . aegypti , which was detected for three consecutive years (2015–2017), predominantly in the warmer microclimates of the city. We found a possible correlation between increasing temperature and Ae . aegypti and Ae . albopictus expanding range. This study provides a starting point for developing strategies related to environmental management for mosquito control. The promotion of mosquito control practices through community participation, mass media and education programmes in schools should be introduced in the city.

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Urban and semi-urban mosquitoes of Mexico City: A risk for endemic mosquito-borne disease transmission

Dávalos-Becerril¹,

Correa-Morales²,

González-Acosta³

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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“…aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the primary mosquito species known for transmitting arboviruses (Flores-Suarez et al, 2016; Dzul-Manzanilla et al, 2016; Huerta et al, 2017) and have generally been reported ubiquitous (Ortega-Morales and Rodriguez, 2016; Kuri-Morales et al, 2017). They are both linked with the transmission of several arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, and Yellow fever (von Seidlein et al, 2017; Benedict et al, 2007; Serpa et al, 2013).…”

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Environmental suitability for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and the spatial distribution of major arboviral infections in Mexico

Lubinda

Treviño

Walsh

et al. 2019

Parasite Epidemiology and Control

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BackgroundThis paper discusses a comparative geographic distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Mexico, using environmental suitability modeling and reported cases of arboviral infections.MethodsUsing presence-only records, we modeled mosquito niches to show how much they influenced the distribution of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus based on mosquito records collected at the municipality level. Mosquito surveillance data were used to create models regarding the predicted suitability of Ae. albopictus and Ae. aegypti mosquitos in Mexico.ResultsAe. albopictus had relatively a better predictive performance (area under the curve, AUC = 0.87) to selected bioclimatic variables compared to Ae. aegypti (AUC = 0.81). Ae. aegypti were more suitable for areas with minimum temperature of coldest month (Bio6, permutation importance 28.7%) −6 °C to 21.5 °C, cumulative winter growing degree days (GDD) between 40 and 500, and precipitation of wettest month (Bio13) >8.4 mm. Minimum temperature range of the coldest month (Bio6) was −6.6 °C to 20.5 °C, and average precipitation of the wettest month (Bio13) 8.9 mm ~ 600 mm were more suitable for the existence of Ae. albopictus. However, arboviral infections maps prepared from the 2012–2016 surveillance data showed cases were reported far beyond predicted municipalities.ConclusionsThis study identified the urgent necessity to start surveillance in 925 additional municipalities that reported arbovirus infections but did not report Aedes mosquito.

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“…Previous studies have reported Ae. aegypti present in 28 states of Mexico (Ibáñez-Bernal & Martínez-Campos 1994a;Mora-Covarrubias et al 2010;Ávila-Rodríguez et al 2012;Espinoza-Gómez et al 2013;Kuri-Morales et al 2017). In addition, Ae.…”

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Mosquito Surveillance in Mexico: The Use of Ovitraps for Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, and Non-Target Species

Ortega‐Morales

Moreno‐García²,

González-Acosta³

et al. 2018

Florida Entomologist

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Vector-borne diseases are of great public health concern in Mexico. Timely surveillance and control measures require methods to quickly detect mosquito population fluctuations. Surveillance is important also to detect the establishment of uncommon mosquito species. Ovitraps have been a convenient way to detect the presence of female mosquitoes. For these reasons, the Mexican Ministry of Health adopted a mosquito surveillance program using ovitraps in the country. In this study, we present the checklist of 12 target and non-target species that have been collected nationwide in ovitraps since 2013. We include distributional and ecological notes as well as the medical importance of each species. Our results showed that ovitraps can be used to estimate mosquito diversity in urban and semi-urban areas.

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First report of Stegomyia aegypti (= Aedes aegypti) in Mexico City, Mexico

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Urban and semi-urban mosquitoes of Mexico City: A risk for endemic mosquito-borne disease transmission

Urban and semi-urban mosquitoes of Mexico City: A risk for endemic mosquito-borne disease transmission

Environmental suitability for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and the spatial distribution of major arboviral infections in Mexico

Mosquito Surveillance in Mexico: The Use of Ovitraps for Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus, and Non-Target Species

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